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And finally, is it true, as Trump claims, that autism does not exist in Cuba?

It’s untrue – and if anything, Cuba undercuts Trump’s argument.

Cuba officially recognizes autism spectrum disorder (ASD). There are multiple specialised schools and paediatric clinics that provide diagnosis and therapy for children with autism.

In Cuba, acetaminophen is generally known as paracetamol and is sold in government pharmacies. In other words, it is very much available and used as in other parts of the world.

According to a 2022 study, Cuba had an autism incidence of about 2 to 4 per 10,000 children in some settings. While research on autism diagnoses in Cuba is much more limited than in the US, the data from the 2022 study shows a far lower rate of recognized cases than in the US – despite the presence of acetaminophen.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/23/trumps-ty...

Sounds like they are only diagnosing the worst cases of autism.

Sounds like they are only diagnosing the worst cases of autism.

Any bets that US government agencies will stop compiling data on autism, so that Lord Trump can claim a Nobel in medicine for "solving autism"?

Steve...HBTT

Further, this horseshit being promulgated by RFKJr, in which he claims that diagnoses of autism have exploded over the pst few years…..is simply and undramatically explained:

The number of autism diagnoses HAS risen, but that is because the criteria have broadened and other conditions that were not included have now been included in the autism spectrum.

The large increase in autism diagnoses, therefore, is due to a change in definitions.

The number of autism diagnoses HAS risen, but that is because the criteria have broadened and other conditions that were not included have now been included in the autism spectrum.

The large increase in autism diagnoses, therefore, is due to a change in definitions.

In the 80s there was a major change and a lot of diagnosis were consolidated under the autistic spectrum. Then they began teaching how to recognize it earlier in children and more behavior was pulled into the autistic spectrum.

The two main areas are deficits in social communication and interaction, and restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities.

Autism was first diagnose 40 years before Tylenol came out.

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